Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what procedures his Department plans to use to assess where the proposed Channel 4 hubs will be located; and if she will make a statement.

We have long been committed to Channel 4 moving their national headquarters out of London, and welcome Channel 4's agreement to move 300 staff out of London, with this figure rising over time. There are many creative locations across the UK, and Channel 4 will launch a process in April in which cities and regions across the UK can pitch to become the home of Channel 4's new National HQ and creative hubs, with the aim that a decision on these locations will be taken by Channel 4 in Q3 2018.